Abbreviations for
Patriot Service Ranks

BGEN—Brigadier General
CAPT—Captain
CPL—Corporal
COL—Colonel
CS—Civil Service
ENS—Ensign
FIF—Fifer
LCOL—Lieutenant Colonel
LT—Lieutenant
MAJ—Major
NCO—Non-
 Commissioned
 Officer
PS—Patriotic Service
PVT—Private
SGT—Sergeant
SOL—Soldier
STAFFOF—Staff Officer
 

Drum Photo
Photo Courtesy Chapter Archive 
The chapter donated an American Revolutionary War era drum to the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park.

Drummer Boy Photo
Photo Courtesy Chapter Archive 
A drummer boy participated in the annual reenactment of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.

Chapter Patriots

Listed by state of service are the names and ranks for the ancestors of the Guilford Battle Chapter, NSDAR, members. This list includes Patriots of the American Revolution and ancestors who contributed to the independence cause through civil or patriotic service. (Please note that the information below does not constitute proof of lineage and cannot be used in place of record copy.)

Connecticut

  • Stephen Clason, PVT
  • Moses Corbin, PVT
  • Solomon Denton, SOL
  • Abel Hodge, PVT
  • Daniel Hurlburt, LT
  • Samuel Shelley, NONCOM
  • Moses Stevens, CAPT, PS
  • Jonathan Waldo, PS
  • Zachariah Waldo, PVT
  • Nathaniel Woodruff, PS, CS

Georgia

  • Paul Castleberry, PVT
  • Daniel Delaney, PS

Maryland

  • John Boyd, PVT
  • Charles Goff, PVT, PS
  • Baker Howard, PS

Massachusetts

  • Ephraim Bixby, CPL
  • David Dunbar, PVT
  • John Dunbar, PVT
  • Joseph Fowler, PVT
  • Jonathan Macomber, PVT, PS
  • Stephen Nickerson, FIF
  • Elisha Story, STAFFOF

New Hampshire

  • Phineas Blake, PVT
  • William Hughes, PVT
  • Jonathan Wheat, PVT

New Jersey

  • Amos Dodd, CAPT
  • Samuel Fordyce, PVT
  • Coonrod Lafler, PVT
  • Richard Stillwell, CAPT
  • James Woodmansee, LT

New York

  • John Brinckerhoff, PS
  • Cornelius Fonda, PVT
  • Ebenezer Knibloe, PS
  • Henry Ludington, COL, PS
  • Cornelius S. Miller, Sr., CAPT, PS
  • Stephen Miller, PVT
  • Timothy Scudder, PS
  • Jacob Skinkle, PVT
  • Theodorus Van Wyck, Jr., LT, CS, PS

North Carolina

  • John McKnitt Alexander, CAPT, CS, PS
  • Amos Alexander, SOL
  • William Apperson, PVT
  • William Armfield, PS
  • Samuel Baldwin, PS
  • Esau Bass, PVT
  • Martha McFarlane McGee Bell, PS
  • William Blair, CS
  • Joseph Blount, Sr., CS, PS
  • Nathaniel Boddie, PS
  • John Boone, PVT
  • Elias Bost, PVT, PS
  • Joseph Bridges, LT
  • William Bryan, BGEN, PS
  • Charles Bullock, CAPT, PS
  • Solomon Burroughs, PVT
  • Andrew Carothers, LT, PS
  • Barney Clapp, PS
  • Benjamin Cleveland, COL, CS, PS
  • John Culpepper, PS
  • John Davidson, MAJ, PS
  • Thomas Davis, PS
  • George Dellinger, ENS, PS
  • Isham Dickinson, PVT
  • William Easterling, CAPT
  • Nathaniel Farrar, PVT
  • William Feamster, PVT
  • Henry Fullenwider, ENS, CS
  • Soloman Fuller, PS
  • Daniel Gillespie, CAPT, PS
  • John Hall, PS
  • John Henry Hargis, PVT, CS
  • Henry Harmon, PS
  • John Hawkins, PS
  • George Helm, PS
  • James Herndon, CAPT
  • Osburn Holley, PVT
  • Michael Holt, PS
  • Ambrose Jones, PS
  • Isaac Julian, PS
  • Aaron Lambeth, PVT
  • Uriah Langston, SOL
  • James Lanier, CS, PS
  • Westbrook Lee, PVT
  • Thomas Lindsey, PS
  • Jacob Lineberry, PS
  • Giles Luter, LT, PS
  • Thomas Massey, PS
  • Andrew McMasters, PS
  • James McMasters, PS
  • David McSwain, PS
  • Mordecai Mendenhall, PS
  • William Morris, PVT
  • Reuben Morse, PS
  • Adam Moser, PS
  • Benjamin Newton, CAPT
  • William Paisley, SOL, PS
  • John Parker, PVT
  • John Parrott, PVT, PS
  • Henry Pickard, CS, PS
  • Margaret Pryor, PS
  • David Record, SOL, PS
  • John Rooker, PVT
 
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North Carolina — continued

  • Benjamin Samuels, PS
  • William Scott, PVT, CS
  • Bolser Sigman, LT, PS
  • Alexander Smith, PVT
  • Hardy Smith, PVT
  • Alexander Smith, PVT
  • Ninian Steele, SOL
  • Finley Stewart, PS
  • Moses Teague, PS
  • Joel Truss, PVT
  • Samuel Truss, LT, PS
  • John Tuttle, PVT
  • William Twitty, PVT
  • Job Umflet, CS, PS
  • Samuel Vance, PS
  • Marmaduke Vickery, PS
  • John Wall, CS
  • Isaiah Warren, SOL
  • Moses White, Sr., PS
  • Joseph Williams, PVT
  • William Williams, PVT

Pennsylvania

  • Henry Amick, PVT
  • Eli Bailey, PVT
  • Charles Beagle, PVT
  • John Collins, PVT
  • John Deal, PS
  • Christopher Diem, PVT, PS
  • Isaac Hough, SOL
  • David Jackson, PVT
  • Joseph Kirk, PVT, PS
  • Abner Mundle, SGT
  • George Michael Peters, PVT
  • George Salter, PVT, PS
  • William Stewart, PVT, PS
  • Samuel Tate, PVT

South Carolina

  • David Anderson, STAFFOF, PS
  • Arthur Barrineau, PS
  • William Beall, PS
  • Solomon Burroughs, PVT
  • David Byers, CS, PS
  • William Byers, SGT, PS
  • Thomas Davis, PVT, PS
  • Henry Easterling, PS
  • Peter Fayssoux, LT, PS
  • Jacob Fulmer, CAPT
  • Ezekiel E. Gaskins, PS
  • Isaac Gregory, CS, PS
  • Jeremiah Gregory, SOL
  • Richard Griffin, CS, PS
  • John Henry Hargis, PVT, CS
  • Samuel Montgomery, SOL, PS
  • Thomas Peden, PVT, PS
  • Calvin Spencer, CAPT, PS
  • Thomas Taylor, COL, PS
  • James Williams, COL, PS
  • Thomas Young, Sr., PS

Vermont

  • Alpheus Hall, SGT, PS

Virginia

  • Benjamin Ball, PS
  • Richard Beasley, PS
  • John Blanks, CS, PS
  • Joseph Bridges, LT
  • Lowe Brown, PVT, PS
  • Richard Callaway, COL, CS, PS
  • Landon Carter, PVT
  • John Chapman, LT
  • John Corbley, PS
  • Jesse Corn, LT
  • Godfrey Crowder, PS
  • John Curd, PVT
  • Judith Farrar, PS
  • John Garrard, PS
  • Robert Goad, PS
  • Joseph Hambrick, PVT
  • Christopher Horn, PVT
  • John Jefferson, PS
  • John Jones, PVT, PS
  • John Lasley, PS
  • Joseph Martin, LCOL, CS, PS
  • Thomas Moore, PS
  • William Murray, PS
  • Michael Nees, SOL, PS
  • Abram Penn, COL
  • Overton Pennock, PVT
  • Peter Perkins, COL, CS, PS
  • Samuel Poe, PVT
  • Aaron Powell, SGT
  • Joseph Prince, PVT
  • Drury Puckett, SOL
  • John Puckett, PVT
  • John Purtle, PVT
  • John Robinson, SOL
  • John Robinson, LT
  • Henry Roush, PVT, PS
  • John Roush, PS
  • Peter Rowlett, ENS
  • Thomas Self, PVT
  • Lemuel Smith, CAPT, PS
  • John Stringer, PS
  • Benjamin Tomlinson, CAPT, PS
  • Henry Trolinger, PVT, PS
  • George Vaden, PS
  • George Walters, SOL
  • Drury Watson, LT
  • John Watson, PS
  • William Whitfield, PVT
  • Joseph Wooddell, LT

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